World Money Laundering Report Vol 9 No 4 published today

* EcoCrime: Follow the money, not the skins - how the FATF could work to support the work of CITES in reducing the trade in endangered animals and their parts.

* Spanish authorities make arrests alleging FARC related offences. Spanish police have arrested 41 people who, it is alleged, are involved in laundering the proceeds of the drugs production and trafficking activities of Colombian terrorist group FARC.

* "God's Bankers" seek "white listing" under OECD tax scheme. . Not since Roberto Calvi didn't commit suicide under Blackfriars Bridge has the Vatican Bank been in the news in such a bad way.

* Chain-failure of due diligence leads to successful fraud . What happens when none of the professionals in a conveyancing transaction gets the due diligence right?

* Indonesia charges tax inspector with extortion, corruption and money laundering. Just how does a middle-ranking civil servant amass USD112,000 in a country where his salary is a few hundred dollars per month?

* Has the USA plugged the the holes created by the Cuellar defence? Those good ol' boys in the Texas police are at it again: stopping cars bound for the border. What are the chances that they will make the latest prosecution stick?

* India: PMLA Amendment another broken promise? India's fidgeting with its law, but it's still a long way from meeting FATF requirements.

* UK prosecutes estate agents in money laundering scheme . But they could have been in any business: their alleged scheme is very portable.

* Egypt prosecutes dozens in phishing / money laundering scheme A trial with more than 41 defendants has been halted - so that prosecutors can arrest some people they had released.

* USA finally wakes up to the "moving" part of laundering. Yawn: just 15 years too late...

* Spain: almost 100 on trial in corruption and laundering charge What do mayors, civil servants and a German called von Bismark have in common? They are among the 100 or so defendants in a corruption and money laundering trial in Spain

* USA prosecutes online gambling payment processor A bizarre case shows that people say the dumbest things - and those can end up in SARs.

* USA's SEC charges family with insider dealing. A Florida family passed confidential information around between themselves and made a fine profit, say prosecutors.

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